Within the constituent area you can create a declaration mapping. Only the start date is required but you can map other fields either to a source field or assign a default value as with other areas. You can use the Field Settings with the date(s) should you need to adjust to the past or the future.
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The Area Settings provide options as to how a match between your mapped data and the data in Raiser’s Edge is defined and how it is processed.
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